Tennessee football was off on Saturday afternoon so without a game of PFF grades to look at, let’s take a look at the Vols individual and team grades from the first seven games of the 2024 season.
If you need a reminder on how Pro Football Focus works, read the opening of the Chattanooga grades.
Elite grade = 90-100, All-Conference = 85-89, Starter = 70-84, Backup = 60-69, Replaceable = 60 >
Team Grades
Overall — 90.1
Offense — 73.8
Pass — 77.1
Pass Block — 66.7
Receiving — 71.8
Rushing — 82.3
Run blocking — 53.6
Defense — 90.5
Run defense — 91.1
Tackling — 76.5
Pass rush — 78.6
Coverage — 83.5
Special teams — 77.6
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Individual Offensive Grades (minimum 100 snaps)
WR Dont’e Thornton — 88.5 (153 plays)
RB Dylan Sampson — 87.8 (318 plays)
RB De’Sean Bishop — 81.6 (118 plays)
C Cooper Mays — 70.3 (447 plays)
QB Nico Iamaleava — 70.0 (446 plays)
LG Andrej Karic — 65.5 (409 plays)
TE Miles Kitselman — 64.6 (307 plays)
WR Squirrel White — 63.8 (242 plays)
WR Bru McCoy — 63.1 (324 plays)
WR Chris Brazzell — 60.5 (311 plays)
TE Holden Staes — 60.5 (192 plays)
RG Javontez Spraggins — 58.1 (422 plays)
OT Larry Johnson III — 57.9 (110 plays)
WR Chas Nimrod — 55.2 (159 plays)
OT Dayne Davis — 54.6 (227 plays)
RT John Campbell Jr — 49.8 (286 plays)
LT Lance Heard — 42.8 (324 plays)
Defensive Grades (minimum 100 plays)
LEO Josh Josephs — 90.2 (193 plays)
CB Jermod McCoy — 84.5 (364 plays)
DE Tyre West — 83.7 (121 plays)
S Will Brooks — 79.2 (303 plays)
LEO James Pearce Jr — 78.9 (244 plays)
S Jakobe Thomas — 74.9 (136 plays)
DT Elijah Simmons — 73.7 (109 plays)
LB Kalib Perry — 72.7 (113 plays)
DT Omarr Norman-Lott — 72.6 (122 plays)
CB Jalen McMurray — 72.3 (126 plays)
LB Keenan Pili — 70.4 (182 plays)
DT Omari Thomas — 66.3 (169 plays)
LB Jeremiah Telander — 66.2 (227 plays)
LB Jalen Smith — 65.9 (109 plays)
STAR Christian Harrison — 65.3 (155 plays)
S Christian Charles — 65.1 (120 plays)
DT Bryson Eason — 62.8 (186 plays)
CB Rickey Gibson — 61.9 (322 plays)
DE Dominic Bailey — 61.6 (230 plays)
LB Arion Carter — 59.3 (310 plays)
STAR Boo Carter — 56.7 (198 plays)
S Andre Turrentine — 52.3 (279 plays)
DT Jaxson Moi — 51.0 (127 plays)